CSQ427R238 Sr. Manager, AI Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) Mission The AI Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE) team is a highly specialized customer-facing AI team at Databricks. We deliver professional services engagements that help customers build and productionize first-of-its-kind GenAI applications, and we work cross-functionally with AI Product, Research, and Engineering to shape long-term strategic priorities. We are looking for a world-class leader to lead and grow our AI FDE team in India. In this role, you will lead customers on their AI transformation with Databricks, push the boundaries of our product, recruit and develop top data scientists/machine learning engineers, and manage a portfolio of key accounts. Candidates should expect to travel at least once a month. You will report directly to our India FDE leader and dotted line to the APJ AI FDE leader. The ideal candidate is based out of Bangalore or Mumbai. Candidates should expect to travel at least once a month. The impact you will have: Lead and scale a high-performing AI forward deployed engineering team, including hiring, mentoring, and building a team structure to support long-term growth and execution at scale Shape cross-functional collaboration by influencing Product, R&D, and GTM, ensuring voice-of-customer insights and delivery learnings help inform the product roadmap and GTM strategy Develop and expand executive relationships with key customers and partners (including VP+, CIO/CDO-level stakeholders), acting as a trusted advisor during complex technical engagements and AI transformations Partner with Field Engineering and Sales leadership to set strategy for strategic accounts and coordinate delivery across functions Lead strategic AI initiatives, practice development, and scalable delivery processes Own OKRs for AI-services led accounts, revenue, utilization, and public references Represent Databricks as a thought leader in AI through conference talks, published content, etc. Wha
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SLSQ427R399 Databricks operates at the leading edge of the Data and AI space with a mission to help companies solve the world's toughest problems. We are seeking an experienced strategic sales leader to lead our Bangalore based Business Development teams and help us expand our business across the India region. Reporting to the Director, Sales Development, you will be an important contributor to our sales leadership team, building and executing pipeline generation / consumption growth strategies, while coaching and developing our Business Development team members. You will have experience driving pipeline generation leveraging AI, leading sales development teams and working with sales, a partner ecosystem and marketing teams. The impact you will have: Take the primary leadership role in developing an outstanding team Support and shape the strategy for pipeline generation within India in c
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Databricks offers a unified platform for data, analytics and AI. Build better AI with a data-centric approach. Simplify ETL, data warehousing, governance and AI on the Data + AI Platform.
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